Who workouts at home?
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Me
I just started last Thursday. Had some trouble getting the new set of weights alllllll the way up to my top level flat lol!
I'm managing to squat with 10kg (22lbs) barbell without squat rack but doubt I'll be able to go much higher than 15kg since I have no one to help me out
and I'm too intimidated by all the guys at my college gym to do it there. So I'll probably have to move on to goblet squats or split-legged.
I can't wait to start seeing some results!
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I'm halfway through stage 1, and I probably jumped into the deep end, I bought a squat rack with 300lbs of weights, and I have a swiss ball and dumbbells from 2-10, I really need to buy heavier dumbbells, but I want the adjustable and they're pretty pricey, so I'm just holding a 10 & an 8. It's awkward, but works for now.
I'm loving it, even though the scale isn't moving (yet!).0 -
I'm doing it at home! Just started on Monday.0
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I'm doing it at home for now too. I'm half way through Phase One. I have adjustable dumbells (to 50 each I think), a swiss ball and a bow flex (good for the rows and lat pull downs). Would love a barbell, but I don't have the room. So far so good though, I'm really liking the program. The hardest part is probably NOT weighing myself every week. This is so different from everything else I've ever done. But I'm hoping that the results will be different too!0
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I sometimes do it at home (second week of stage 1, so a short trak record, LOL!). I had a bench, ball, and dumbbells from 2-10, but needed heavier weights. I just picked up a set of 15, 20, and 25, which will hopefully work for a while. I'm scouring craigslist for an olympic barbell set.0
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Hi All.
I have one exercise of Stage 2 under my belt after completing Stage 1.
I really loved the dead lifts and heavy squats in Stage 1, I'm finding Stage 2 to be a bit more complex in terms of the movements.
I am doing this at home - no squat rack so my husband helped me getting the barbell on my shoulders for squats, lunges and step-ups.
Can someone give me a better idea of how to do the at home alternative for the horizontal cable wood chop? I don't think I had it right when I did the first exercise.0 -
Can someone give me a better idea of how to do the at home alternative for the horizontal cable wood chop? I don't think I had it right when I did the first exercise.
I workout at home and have an olympic bar/squat rack and dumbbells but the only thing I'm lacking is equipment for the cable exercises, so I use resistance bands. I'm only on stage 1 now but I have started before and did most of stage 2. For the cable chop I tied a band around my squat rack and simulated the exercise with as much resistance as I could.0 -
I'm doing this at home - but I am hoping to get a gym membership soon. I'm going to run out of weight on my deadlift as I only have about 60lbs and I have found a gym nearby for £12 month! Going to check it out next week - praying it has a squat rack :bigsmile:0
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This is kinda where I am right now. I do this at home & I can't add any more weight for my squats because I can't lift it either behind my head or up to my chest.
Apologies as I am interloping a bit, because I am currently doing Stronglifts 5 x 5, but just wanted to say I do this all at home. I have barbell, weights and bench. As my space for workout is very limited, I bought squat stands with a bit of a catcher on them. Not as safe as squat rack but work fine just the same. I have positioned them so that as I step back to squat I am doing it between a single bed and my bench and these therefore act as my catchers if need be.
I have been able to proceed through the weights and increase every session using this method even though I have no spotter. Hope this helps.0 -
I workout at home and I am one workout away from finishing Stage 5.0
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I am doing this at home...well, I guess I should say will be doing this at home. I'm starting tonight. I have a bench w/bar, weights, weider workout machine so will be able to do seated rows and lat pull downs, Swiss ball, and some lighter barbells (3-10lb) and 1 barbell I can change the plates on. I think I have everything I need aside from a squat rack but my husband will just spot me.0
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1I do it at the gum but am helping a friend who is doing it at home. How do you do the wide grip lateral pulldown at home? Thanks!0
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1I do it at the gum but am helping a friend who is doing it at home. How do you do the wide grip lateral pulldown at home? Thanks!
I use a resistance band. I have a few at different resistances. I tie it around the top of my squat rack and pull down like I would with a lat bar. I do the same for rows, but obviously wrap the band around a different spot to simulate the pull.0 -
I've just started today at home :0) so 1 workout down, I think I need to pump my Swiss ball up a bit as I was wobbling all over the place on it lol other than that I thought it was great I started off with 2kg/4.4lb on each dumbell but realised that was too light so changed to 4kg/8.8lb on each and I still think that is too light so gonna up the weight on fri and see how I get on. I have no idea of how much weight I should be lifting so just started low and gonna increase until I know what I'm capable of ;0)
I've got dumbells, barbell-weight 10kg/22lb, weights totalling 27kg/59lbs so I will need to buy more at some point, bench, resistance bands, step, and Swiss ball. Hoping I can manage with all of that!0 -
1I do it at the gum but am helping a friend who is doing it at home. How do you do the wide grip lateral pulldown at home? Thanks!
I use a resistance band. I have a few at different resistances. I tie it around the top of my squat rack and pull down like I would with a lat bar. I do the same for rows, but obviously wrap the band around a different spot to simulate the pull.
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Great idea about the lat pulldown alternative - I work out at home and at the gym. So sometimes I have all the right equipment (although I prefer my home weights as the gym ones are poorly labelled and in demand!) but have to be creative at times. I am lucky that my other half has a squat rack - I'm just a bit scared of it!0
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Great idea about the lat pulldown alternative - I work out at home and at the gym. So sometimes I have all the right equipment (although I prefer my home weights as the gym ones are poorly labelled and in demand!) but have to be creative at times. I am lucky that my other half has a squat rack - I'm just a bit scared of it!
Don't be afraid of the squat rack! I know it's a little intimidating at 1st but it really isn't so bad. You'll feel pretty bad *kitten* once you start using it. Just start with the bar 1st to get to know your balance and make sure form is correct then you will be ready to pile on the weights. 0 -
just started and im doing it at home too with dumbbels, a barbell (not an olympic one, tiny bit shorter), exercise ball and squat rack. next purchase shall be the bench. whoot.
i can up the weights on the barbell to 50kg (110lbs) max, i do hope it will last at least until the middle of stage 2 so ill be able to afford to purchase more
edit: laptop stand/hard wood coffee table type thing is perfect for step ups, and dinner table is for 45-degree push ups. we gotta work with what weve got, right?!
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